APUSH Snow Day Work

Do this assignment before noon today so you can move on to start the second step.

Whose point of view does the traditional periodization of American history best represent? Are all peoples represented accurately in the traditional eras such as colonial and revolutionary? How does examination of one demographic group cause a re-periodization of history?

If you were absent Friday: Winter is in Native Am, Richard is in Africans, Lauren is in Euros, and Ross is in Women.

Step 1:Create a shared Doc. Only ONE group member who was present on Friday do this.

Go to your Canvas Dashboard. Select the blue Google icon to open your school gmail. You will have to submit this work to me in Canvas so it MUST be in school gmail.

Select this link. You will be required to make a copy of it. Title your copy: TPT Events (Your assigned demographic group)

Share the Doc to Edit with the other 2-3 people in your group. You are all in canvas so you should be able to type in their names and they should automatically fill.

Rest of group: Go to your Canvas Dashboard. Select the blue Google icon to open your school gmail. The shared link should be there!

Step 2: On the Google Doc, as a group brainstorm the top 20 or more events from 15,000 bp to 1877 AD for your assigned demographic group. You do not have to be working at the same time. When you first access the doc, type your name at the top and choose a color to type in so I can sort out that everyone helped.

List the events and their dates as you go. Place them in chronological order as you go.

Step 3: Create a new periodization of American history based upon the unique Turning Points for your assigned group. The list below is the AP official periodization of US History which is largely based off turning point events for Europeans/white men in our nation's past. (Obviously this group may keep the traditional periods if they like--lucky!) You will need to create 3-6 periods for your assigned group based upon their unique turning points.

The rest of you need to look at your lists though and ask yourselves this. What were the 3-5 events that were greatest turning points for our assigned group? A turning point is an event after which conditions will significantly shift for a social group. It marks the beginning of a new period in history for them.

EX: Some TPS will be shared such as Columbus's arrival in 1492 (TP for Euros as well as Indians).

EX: Some TPS will be unique. I would argue that Emancipation in 1865 marks a new era for blacks. You might then create a last period in the African-American history that is 1865-1877.

1: 1492-1607

2: 1607-1754

3: 1754-1800

4: 1800-1848

5: 1848-1877

Step 4: Name your Periods.

Create a list of periods like the official AP one but with your new dates. Name each period to reflect the status of your group or the change they were experiencing at that time.

EX: Women (Inside the Home) then Women (Social Reformers)

Step 5: Share the link to the Google doc with me by 3:00 today. Now you can work on your actual timeline in Google Slides. Go to the the next assignment.